7/14/2015 – The APWU is part of a group of 50 postal unions, management associations, and mailers that has asked Congress to help the agency during the current nationwide financial difficulties by giving legislative relief to its retiree health-insurance liability. In a Nov. 17 letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), the group said […]
07/13/2015 – WASHINGTON – A “meet and greet” was held at the office of the American Postal Workers Union this evening between more than 40 U.S. labor leaders and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who is running for president. “Bernie Sanders has been an outspoken champion of postal customers, postal workers and the public Postal Service […]
7/01/2015 – Proposed Remedy Would Restore Work to APWU Bargaining Unit In a major blow to the Postal Service’s deal with Staples, Region 5 of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a complaint charging that the USPS illegally subcontracted work to the office-supply chain and ordering the agency to return the work that […]
06/29/2015 – The APWU has taken the Postal Regulatory Commission to court, challenging the commission’s decision to dismiss its complaint that the Postal Service is failing to meet service standards. The union filed the Petition for Review on May 29 in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals and submitted a Statement of Issues to […]
Attorney George P. Surmaitis seeks compensation for the widow of postal worker, Samuel Macasieb, who died inside a USPS processing and distribution center after sustaining a head injury. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 27, 2015 – Workers’ Compensation attorney, George P. Surmaitis, with A Professional Law Corporation, recently attended a hearing for a U.S. postal […]
06/26/2015 – The APWU and the Mail Contractors of America (MCA) have reached a tentative contract agreement for private-sector drivers in terminals in Des Moines and Kansas City. Union members at those terminals will have the opportunity to vote to ratify or reject the agreement. “The terms of the agreement will vastly improve the disciplinary […]
June 23, 2015 The Senate on Tuesday voted to advance President Obama’s trade agenda, approving a measure to end debate on fast-track authority. The 60-37 motion sets up a vote on final passage on Wednesday. If the Senate approves fast-track or trade promotion authority (TPA), it would then be sent to Obama’s desk to become […]
06/23/2015 – The Postal Service has signaled it will try to derail a measure approved by the House Appropriations Committee on June 17 to restore postal service standards to the levels that were in place on July 1, 2012. The committee’s vote would rescind the lower service standards the USPS implemented on Jan. 5 – […]
It seems some old perceptions and misunderstandings die hard, even when confronted with clear and unambiguous facts. This applies not just to management types, who have a great deal of difficulty learning new things, but also to some arbitrators. There are those who seem to be afraid to do the right thing and some who are […]
June 19, 2015 Management put their plans to consolidate and close our mail processing facilities in a “To Be Determined” (TBD) status on May 22, except for three sites. Then, on May 27, the USPS posted an official notice on www.usps.com announcing that they had decided to defer consolidation activities and would resume them in 2016. Throughout negotiations, […]